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Old Master SHying at Forty
I Five Bound Battle With
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EVERT TEAE IN LEAGUE
FEAES BEAVER STICK
Ttteher Benny Henderson; Wants to
" Cbm Back to Beaver Camp but
i President Ewing Refuses to Allow
! nim to Return. ' '
1 i By Will .JT. BUttery.
San ' Francisco, May 12. Jo Gens
aad Battling Nelson doing their
toaaal annuel stalling acta preparatory
to coming together In , the ring for
the second Urn. If the real contest
proves to be aa strenuous a the windy
ne that la now betas waved between
ha black and the Dana and their re-
rp Active managers, flanked by the mam
era of the local fight trust and Jim
t;of froth, the Miaslon street 'arena man.
It should prove worth coins; mllea to
. Th air la full of attiring; fight
talk and the rival scrappers are tearing
round at an awful gait and posting
forfeits for the purpose) ef showing each
ctner up, out tnis is
about aa far as
ther have progressed.
' Cof froth is doing the best ha can to
get the rival lightweights In .the ring
on the Fourth of July. Like every other
r remoter in the country, he - realises
hat this Is the best card In all the
world outside of Burns and Johnson,
and there does not appear to be ' the
most remote chance of getting this
toa.tr for a long time at least, should
toff roth stage the Gana-Nelsoa- fight
and it Is' as good aa an even money bet
that he will then It euro will be a
f reat attraction, for the wily promoter
a wilting te spend the money and ad
vertise It till It develops Into the most
stupendous ring attraction that this city
baa known since the recent disaster.
The old master does not want te meet
Kelson lit a 4t-round contest if there Is
a possible chance for hint to get the
Xtene la the ring In a It-round: mixup.
Cans knows full wall that hex can take
list's measure In 20 rounds on saints.
but whea It comes to a 41-round bat-
iie, uaos nas me oouots. Me- went
against the Battler for 41 rounds at
Goldfleld nearly two years' ago and al
though he won the honors on a foul
Jo had auch a atrenuoua time of It that
he will not repeat the performance If
ne ee
easier.
Oana Is rather dissatisfied with the
boxing game aa It exists In this city
at the present time. Naturally, Joe is
broke. He always la whea he comes all
me way irora oia tMittmore to tnis
city for a fight. He was bulled Into
believing tnat there was a ton of money
. In sight for' him and Boer Unholx and
ne leu xor the talk.
But what was the
result? An ordinary 17,000 house. Of
this amount cans received but 11.800,
though he waa the main attraction.
The Boer, who was nothing more than
a' clown and a ring Joke, was guaran
teed $1,000 for hie bit and he got away
with It too. This made old joe very
sore and he has vowed that he will
never enter the ring here again unless
he Is given a substantial guarantee and
a bonus.-.
- Nelson still firmly believes that he
can trim the chocolate drop, provided
he is given plenty of time in which to
tern the trick. Bat knows that he has
not got a chance against the old master
In a 20-round mixup. He may aay that
he can win in the short route and that
Gaae la not the man he used to be, but
at the same time he haa that feeling
: away down deep In his heart that he
will need plenty of time If he expects
to get the large end of the purse against
the . negro. . '
It is strange to compare the financial
tnethods of the two lightweight star.
Kelson la something Ilka llOA.ooo to the
f ood, most of his coin being Invested
a real estate In and around Chicago
Clans on the other hand ii clean, barring
his hotel oronertv in Baltimore. vhlcn
H Is said is heavily encumbered ' and
alno has proved to be a bad investment
Only the other day the Dano saw a
chance to buy a swell vineyard in he
l4vermore valley, about 25 miles rrom
Oakland and one of the most beautiful
aad fertile spots In all California. Nel
son Jumped at the chance and purchased
the lto-acre cultivated tract for $15,
0 00. Three weeks after - he secured
for it by a big wine making syndicate.
' The Dane, however, realises lhi the
ranch will double In value wltnln the
tiext couple of years and Ita intends to
bold on to It
What does Gans do with his money?
- Tosses It away te the birds. After his
famous fight with Britt here last Sep
tember, he went to Los An ere lee and
-picked up another easy $10,000 by stall
ing George Memsle for 20 rounds. He
Is credited with having left California
between 940,000 and $(0,000 strong.
Right months later he comes back eleen.
4natdentally disposing for a auarter at
Its cost his magnificent $5,000 MatheH
son touring car wnicn he purchase! In
Xiom Aageles oefore departing for Balil-
more.
The old gambling habit still holds
Joe fast and unless conditions change
wonderfully within tha next few years
he will die In the poorhouse Just like
the greatest little tighter the world
has ever known, George Dixon, did a
couple of months ago. '
A week before the Unholx fight, Gsaa
VJRTCH THESE WHITECRPPED BEAVERS MID SEE THEM
put h la peerless diamond stlokpin in
soak for J500. This piece of jewolry la
one of the handsomest of Its kind ever
seen In this city and is worth f 1.000.
But Joe needed the money to play on
the ponies across the bay. ThVy not
that $500 and the $l,g00, wbloh Joe
received for his end of the purs and
incidentally about $1,000 more which
the black boy managed to nick his
friends for. If this sort of thing keeps
ud Joe win have to Begin rignung an
comers In order to keep out of the alms
house. ' It is a lucky thing for him that
our modern laws do not allow the Im
prisonment of men who are unable, to
pay their debts. ,
Stanley KetcheL the Montana cyclone.
ia getting ready for hia meeting with
niiiy rapse at jauwauK.ee, on me even
ing of June 4. , Ketchel left for the beer
city last week and Is a bit worried be
cause he fears that he will not have
time enough to get into the best poe-
slble ahape for the coming encounter.
Ketchel ia a man who needs lots oi
work. He ia very young and Is grow
ing rapidly. He finds It extremely dif
ficult to take off weight and aa he has
to make ill pound xor rapaa ne wm
be compelled to show a lot. of speed.
If Ketchel doea-ndf put up a better
fight against Papke than he did against ,
Bnlllvan it Is no cinch bet that he will
win his. mateh In the limited 10 rounds.
Ketehei was very wild and Ineffective
against Sullivan. H had the. Twin
fuded as aarlv as the seventh round.
but he was unable to steady himself
and bring over the sleeping punch till
the twentietn ana even men ne aia not
score a clean knockout for SulMvan
refused to get up when he realised that
he bad gotten hie
Ketchel Is a lad of wonderful confl-tl
dence and for this reason he baa been
very reckless In betting on himself and,
incidentally, extremely lucky Hn bring
ing soma ine money, tie ana nis man
ager bet about 12.000 against Sullivan
and took whatever odda they could land.
from to to a to i to l. it was ine same
way when Ketchel fought Joe Thomas
and Mike Twin 8ulllvan. This time
Ketchel and bis manager will bet a big
chunk that the Montana man can trim
Packer Both men are free with their
money when it comes to Detung sua
they will show the people around Mil
waukee something. Papke has been such
a. consistent performer around his home
town that it la likely he will rule a
decided favorite over KetcheL It the
latter gets away with the glory he wm
come eut-ef Milwaukee, with an 'awful
bundle of bills and If he ia beaten .lis
roll will have an awful nick in It
The' baseball outlook grows brighter
i the daya roll by and " everything
folnts to the most successful season
hat the Pacific Coast league has ever
known. The wonderfully close race
hast kettt local interest at a high ith
and for tha last month the games have
been pulling tremendous crowds outn
In this eltv and Oakland, while the fans
In Los Angeles are Just huogeihig fcr
their team to eeme nam once again..
BaA Francisco Is showing ita. ;lss
once more after a bad alump and now
Captain, Mohler saya that the only em
In the league he fears i Portland.
Strange tot say they are all afraid cf
the Beavers on acocunt of their bitting
ability. The northern brigade has 7uk
en up so many games In and around
this city during the last month or ao
that they have inspired all the others
with a wnoieeome xear.
The Portland 5 friends of'- Jimtny
Byrnes, the little catcher who did eorae
great work for, the team near the close
of last season, will be painfully shocked
to learn that he did the best he could
to kill Umpire Moore at Sacramento
during a game with Stockton there last
Sunday. After Moore had made what
Brynes believed to be a bad decision at
the plate, Jimmy grahbed a-bucket pf
water; and. gave Moore a nice dousing.
Not content with this the catcher got
hold of a bat and seemed .to be In a fair
way to brain, the indicator man whea
several players interfered.- It Is likely
that Jimmy will . be ruled out of the
state league for keeps on account of his
show of temper. While he was In the
Lcoaat league, Brynes always conducted
himself In a very genuemanty manner
and was never put out of a game.
Ben Henderson, tha pitcher who
hainad . Portland win the sennant two
years ago and then Jumped to the
Stockton club of the outlaw league, ia
getting ttred of the game in the bushes
and wan ta to get-back Into the fold.
After BCOUt JP Tea uiu m ine oanan
mH nans failed to secure the consent
of President Ewlng of the coast league
to. Sign tne outlaw iow me nuo cny
team ' Henderson appealed to friends In
this city and asked them to use their
Influence to have him reinstated so
that he can return to Portland again.
But Ewlng has - refused flat-tooted to
go to the oat for Henderson. He says
that he will make an example out of
every one of the Jumpers and that
neither Henderson nor any of the others
will ever get back Into organised base
ball provided hs haa anything to say
about It - ' 2
The committee which the Oakland
Baseball association appointed to select
a name for the Oakland baseball club
haa decided on the "Athenians" after
several weeks of deliberating on the
various titles sent In by those who took
part in ' the spirited competition. The
committee may be laboring under the
Impression that It is springing a live
one hut it Is not The Oakland club
was known as the Athenians 10 years
ago In the old California league and if
the committee wants, to go back even
further. It will discover that Charley
Drevden, the noted sporting writer now
in Chicago, christened the Oaklanders
the vAtheniana 20 yeara ago, when the
Height street grounds were the scene
Of SO many memorao uibiuuuu muvi.
; Junior Paper Chase.
The fourth paper chase of tha Junior
Hunt club waa held yesterday. Don
Tarpley. Alexander Llnthicum and Leo
Baruh finlnshing first. Jay Coffey was
the first rider to come in hut was dls
auallfled for an unfair start John
Douglas and Richard Carney, the hares,
laid a six mile course embracing six
twb-f eet Jumps out on the Barnes road.
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Whether tha Olymplo club caa dupli-1
cate lU victory of last year la the Pa
cific northwest athletio championships
June with a team of five men is a
question bothering the athletes of Ore
gon Just now. The Olympic club will
send to Portland a auintef of the .beet
pert ormera on tha coast. They will be
Ralph Rose In the weights, Andrew
Glarner in the distance runs, Fred Lan-
mi in the vault. Albert Munn In the
Jumps and weights, and Pete Gerhardt
in ine sprints. . , .
Two of the Olymplo club team hold
world's records Rose In the shotput
nH niDni tn tha 100-vard run.
Andy Glarner is a versatile athlete.
The fleet fellow took up running when
he was 1 years of age at the Univer
sity of Paris. France. He waa born in
Paris in 1183.
GIRLS
MAY WIELD RACQUETS
May Sutton and Hazel
Hotchkiss Will Probably
Cornea-Playing Rules.
Efforts are being made to get Miss
May Sutton, the world'a tennis . cham
pion, and Miss Haxel Hotchkiss of Cali
fornia, who captured aeveral events in
the northwest last summer, to play in
Portland during tha Irvtngton club state
tennis tournament from July 14 to and
Includlpg July 1$. L
'The club yesterday Issued Its rules
covering the events, which are as fol
lows: Gentlemen's open singles Winner
will meet J. C. Tyler in the challenge
round for the championship of the state
ef Oregon and the Flske challenge cup.
This cup has to be won three times to
become the permanent property of tha
winner, and has been' won aa follows:
1S9. W. A Bethel; 1900. W. A. Gosa:
1901, A. T. Ooward; 1902. W. A. Bethel:
1901, I- R. Freeman; 1904, R. B. Powell:
1906, O. H. Busch; 1908. W, A. Goaa;
1907, JV . Tyler. ' ' - -Gentlemen
a open doubles---For cups
offered by tbe Multnomah Amateur
Athletio club. These cups must tx won
throe times to become the permanent
property of the winning team.
Ladies' and gentlcmen'a open mixed
doubles For the championship of, the
state of Oregon. .
Ladies' open singles For the John C.
Ainsworth cup. This cup must be won
three times to become tha permanent
property of the winner.
Ladles' doubles For the champion
ship of the state of Oregon.
Consolations Open to players beaten
in the first match in gentlemen's sin
gles, and flrat match in ladles' singles.
Advantage sets will be played in all
matches. Two out of three aets will be
played in all matches except the aemt
finals, finals and challenge matches of
fentlemen'a singles and doubles, 1 where
hree out of five eets will be played.
Balls authorised by the United 8tates
National Lawn Tennis association will
be furnished by the committee for all
matches.
The entrance fee shall be 41 for each
event. All entries accompanied by the
fee must be received by tha chairman
of the tournament committee or aent to
room 31 Hamilton building. . Ill Third
CAUFORIIIA
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One at his s-reat achievements was-
winning the all-round championship of
France In 1901. He finished his educa
tion at westgate college, jsngiana,
where he also won renown In soccer
football and other college activities. He
arrived in the United States in 1902,
taking up his home in California.
Joining the Olympic club he at once
became a prominent athletic figure. In
1905 he ran second to the great Light
body in the mile, In the. two following
yeara Andy was a winner. . Nothing
could approach him. ' He made records
in the 44& and $ 80-yard distances, hang
ing up new coast marks. He also holds
the 100, (00 and 1,000-yard indoor records.-
Last summer Andy went east, and
the running he did has practically en
titled him to a place on the American
team that invades England In July.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Pacific Coast League, -
- Won, Lost
San Francisco 14 20
Portland . ..i 19 18
Loa Angeles .......... 19 19
Oakland .............. 11 It
PC.
.545
.514
.600
.419
National League.
. " . Won. Lost
PC,
.691
,.620
.636
.619
.484
.413
.407
.400
Chicago . ...
Pittsburg ...
Cincinnati .
Philadelphia
Boston
New Tork ..
St Louis . . .
Brooklyn . . .
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11
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13
If
16
1
18
Americas League, k
Won. Lost
PC.
,,641
.686
.562
.600
.500
.484
.179
.166
New Tork .
Cleveland . .
Philaaelphia
Chicago . . .
Detroit . . . .
St Louis .
Washington
Boston
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street before midnight. Saturday, July
11. 1901.
Rules of the United States Lawn Ten
nis association will be observed. The
foot fault rule will be strictly enforced.
Competitors will play on such courts
and at such times as the committee
may appoint. Competitors not appear
ing at the appointed time may be de
faulted by the committee. Play Will be
gin at 10 a. m. and 1 p. m. each day.
J. F. Ewlng will act as referee. t
The tournament committee Is D. S.
Bellinger, E. A. Cawston, W. A. Goss.
A. B. McAlplii. Irving Rohr, W. K. Soott
James Shtves, Brandt Wlckersham,
Richard Wilder, W. F. Woodward. F. H.
V. Andrews, chairman. . .
There may be plenty of room at the
top, but high altitudes make most of
ns dissy, - v-
CLIMB TO THE TOP
-a-TAss
"m
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Casey, Garrett, - Ryan,.
Melvin Shepherd, the great eeastern run
ner, barely nosed him at Jamestown and
Montreal, and was the only man who
ever did the trick in the half mile.
Just to let the northwest athletes
know what Andy can really do. here
are some of the speedy fellow's records:
He reeled off the century In 10 2-S sec
ends, the quarter in 4 4-S, tha 800
yards in 1:13 4-5. the half in 1:55 4-6.
the mile in 4:29, and the two mllea in
9:60. - Nobody in tbe northwest has ever
approached any of these recorda outside
the 100-yard dash.
t Fred JLanagan, tha Stanford star, has
done 12 feet 4 Inches In the pole-vault
and he is a pretty fast maa tn tbe
sprints tip to the quarter. Lanagan Is a
good high-Jumper, and will probably
take some points In this event. The
picture shows the Olymplo vaulter going
over 12 feet in practice. .
WHITE STEAMER IS
Big Car Loaded to Guards
With Photographic Ma
" terial Tours Oregon.
' i.
(SpeeUl Dtapatek to Tbe JmrasU
Prtnevllle. Or., May 23. Herman T.
Bolman and "William Flnley. who are
touring this part of Oregon, collecting
photographs and data of the animal and
bird life, arrived here Wednesday even
ing from Shanlko, Just' a week after
starting from Portland. They are mak
ing the '.trip in a White touring ear
especially equipped for their work.' They
are provided with, a number of cam
eras and are prepared to photograph
running animals and blrda that , can
not be posed at close range. They will
expose more than 1.000 dry plates aad
will cover a range of subjects from
landscape to every variety- of bird life.
Because of heavy roads they were not
able to load the 70 gallona of gasoline
they wished to take from The Dalles
and are filling the tanks here prepar
atory to the 160-mlle run Into Bums.
Several cases - of plates were shipped
to Burns from ' The Dalles as they
wished to reduce their load In every
possible manner. "'
The trip from The Dalles to this
place was made by traveling at 'irreg
ular Intervals, stops being made where
ever the naturalists saw fit , to atudy
bird and animal Ufa
A stop was made at Hay Creek -and
photographs of the world famous atook
and buildings were secured. From thla
place the couree of the "W ne Steamer
will be to Burns and the southern part
of Harney county. After some time
has been spent there they , will perhaps
ceme back here and some time may be
spent In this vicinity If fit subjects
are found. They are gathering notea
that that will be used in articles to
Outdoor Lite. Outing, Sunset and Pa
ciflo Monthly. .-.
I. O. O. F. HaJ at Centralis,
' (Special rHspstea to TIM Jononl.V
Centralia, Wash., May 28. The Odd
Fellows of this city have let a contract
to H. C. Davis, a local contractor, for
the erection of their new hall, which
is to be of pressed brick and will coat
about $lt,000. The-work will be begaa
at once. '...-.
CARRYING ARTISTS
OF THE ! PACIFICmRSTllERGUEl PERCENTAGE ' COLUMN
GOSSIP OF TRI
COT LEAGUERS
Games Scheduled for Today
; Will Bring Evenly-3al-,
. anced Teams Together!
Trt-CIty league games scheduled for
today;---' .' 1 ' .....
West Portland at Woodburn.
Alblna at Oregon City.
East Portland at St. Johns..
-Vancouver el -Salem.
4' Umpires assigned -for today:
Prevost at woodburn,"
Rankin at Oregon City.
,-Cheyne at Salem. .
Salnpolls at St Johns.
Considerable Interest Is manifested
In the game today '.between - the West
Portland "Milllnere" and the Woodburn
"Blue Blrda." : These two teams are oc
cupying firsthand second rounds of the
percentage laaaer. wooaourn nes al
ways been pretty easy for the West
aiders, but Manager Kennedy, the "Blue
Bird" magnate, declares that thla ia all
ancient history now and that the Milli
ners" will return to their stamping
grounds around Schiller's corner sadder
but wiser tor their brush with their
old time enemies.
Marshall, the blg slabster, will be
used against Nick whitehead's bunch,
and Otherwise the "Blue Birds" will be
as strong aa they have been at any time
thla season. 'The "Milliners" are taking
no chances and will Journey to Wood
burn -armed -to - the--teeth with -baeebali
strategy and horseshoes. Howard will
probably be sent to the mountain against
the - blue clad warriors' and is mixing
mighty strong dope to use in the con
fllot Whichever way it goes both
teams will realise that there la a ball
gams on.
The "Cherry" Pickers" will We the
"Pioneers" on for today, this being the
flrat engagement in which the Van
couver team will appear before a Salem
audience. Both teama are putting up
great hall and It la a toas up as to
which will land winner of the series.
Out at the St Johns Athletio park
today. Umpire Salnpolls will call "play''
in what promises to be the fasteet game
of the season. 'The "Apostles" will nave
the east side ""Commuters" as their' opponents.'-
TheWe two teams are pretty
evenly matched In strength and use
similar tactics In getting on. St Johns
will have Keeler, Lee and Clay, the new
men. In the game and the Commuters
will put forth their strongest combina
tion. It will be a hard fought battle
and will probably run Into extra in
nings. . H ir '
The rejuvenated Alblna - "Tourists"
will try to take a fall out of tne Ore
gon City "Papermakers" today at Cane
mah park, and thereby break the spell
of bad luck and incidentally nose into tha
Sercentage column. An entire new co
trie .' of faces will grace the Alblna
uniform and among them will be some
clever amateurs breaking into the aemt
professional rank. Melle, the big Wa
basher. Broughton, or McCarthy, will
be sent to the mound for Alblna and
Robinaon or Habernicht for the "Paper-
makers." , ,.,'-,.
nninav Wnrlhiirt tha aneedv le ho
wears an east aide uniform, has had
peculiar experience this season. He has
puenea inree games ior. ine xripie x
outfit and lost them all by very close
margins - after two extra- Innings . in
each instance. At that ha haa pitched
fine ball, keeping tbe hits well scat
tered. But for aome reason Juot at the
critical time his teammates nave mada
a fluke or a foosle and the other fel
lowa have tucked the game away. Two
of his games went 11 innings each and
the other should have gone but seven
whereas nine . were necessary. .
President Whltemore and Secretary
Smith will commence their tripa around
the circuit next month, visiting at each
of the grounds and siting things up In
general. .
' Southpaw Pender, Concannon and
Troeh are a likely trio of t wirier and
Vancouver may well be proud of the
staff. . Keens and Shea are - able and
classy receivers' and encourage the
slabsters.
Captain Ray Kennedy of the east
stde T T T aggregation believes he has
discovered a phenom in young Crosby,
who is twirling in ths independent
ranks. ' Kennedy knows a ball player
when he sees one and ( declares . the
youngster possesses beautiful curvea
and has a wicked ln-shoot. Confidence
will make the kid a regular tf he wishes
to Join the league.
" ''Jack Helser 'secured a valuable ac
quisition in lnflelder Orlet He comes
from the Northern league and is light
ning fast on' his feet, covers all the
territory to be desired, is a wleldex of
the willow, daring on the bases and un
derstands inside baseball. The Van
couver enthusiasts think they have a
"candy kid" as an lnflelder. ' Happy
Jack - Helser Is desirous of having a
classy bunch and ere long will bo con
tender for the pennant as leaguers ate
being given attention and a number of
applications have been received.
i Robinson, of the Oregon CMy "Paper
makers," has a beautiful raise' ball In
his repertoire of mystic offerings.
Tommy bids fair to be one of the lead
ing slabstera in the Trt-City circuit He
twirled for tbe Brewers last season.
Some of the Trl-Clty leaguers' are
pretty good at ateallng bases, aa the
official scorea ehow:
- Tauscher, aat Portland. 11; Barrell,
Pcrnoll, Cooncy. Bassey. -
A H
DRIVER
PRASES
COURSE
James Van Katre Says Fort
: , land Has Best in the T
United States.
, .-
' "They , can praise their Vanderbllt
and Brlarcllff couree T to their hearts'
content, but let me tell you that Fort
land haa In the new Wemms cup course
the greatest hit of cross-country racing
ground in the United States."
. This- was the statement made by
James , W. , Van' Matre, the dare-devil
driver of the Studebaker Auto com;
party, who will be at the wheel of one
of the Studebaker stock cars In the
Rose Festival races. Van Matre knows
whereof he speaks for he has been over
ajl the prominent oouraea In the coun
try and knows every crook and turn
in them. Van is the fellow who taught
Jack Huge, Malcolm Smith and Johnny
Walla, three of the drivers who sent
the Studebaker army dispatch car on '
ita wonderful run from New Tork to
Fort Leavenworth last winter, all they
know about handling a machine. Had
Van been in the east at the time he, too,
would have been one of the quartet
which relayed the machine at a rate
faster than that accomplished by the
New Tork to Paris racers and without
a single mishap.
Mr. Van Matre took a party over the
course yesterday in one of the Stude
baker demonstrating cars and found that
the road had dried out considerably as
a result f the warm sun rays. The
hard, oiled track proved too much for
Van and he couldn't resist sending tha
lever out to the last clutch on some of
th smivith at rat nh.a
"The course la a grand one," contln-.
ued Van Matre. "If the day is fair
and the track hard and dry aome ex
ceptional time should be made. In faot
It looka much to me like a new rec
ord might be established for that dis
tance. There la but one bad hill. Just
this side of Gresham on the Section
Line road, that will probably give trou
ble to aome of the drivers. - I look to
see the engines in aome of the csrs
firetty badly crippled unless great care
s taken of them.,
"A great spurt could be made down
this same hill if that hazardous "S"
turn was not near Ita base. This is one
of the dangerous parts of the course
but by slowing down it caa be taken
capitally. There is another hard climb
upon leaving the Section Line road,
where unusual care must be exercised.
At one of the turns there is consider
able of a hole but I understand steps
are to be taken at this point to obviate
the presence of any danger.
"These are really the only hard por
tions of the road to make. The others
are great for speeding. From Kdet Brau
tavern to' Mon ta villa There Is as atraight
a stretch of country as one could wish
for. A major portion of this is down
?rrade and a high speed can be maln
alned for five or aix miles of thla dis
tance. "Of course only the center of the
road is or will be oiled, the crude ma
terial being spread over a 15-foot. sur
face. But there will be plenty of oppor-
tunlty of passing cars in distress, as
the road on either side Is fairly level."
The nearest point in the course, a
right angle formed by the Base Line
road and a cross road ia a mile from
Montavllla. At this place the portable
I grandstand will Drobablv be nlaced and
affront this point oil has been sprayed
on i the surface as far as Ed el Brau.
Nearly half of the track on the 8e
tlon Line road has been oiled and it will
be fully sprinkled early this week. Two
big sprinkling wagons nave been pressed
Into service, but were delayed with their
work by the rains of last week.
RAIN INTERFERED WITH
INLAND EMPIRE TEAMS
.La Grande, Or., May 23. Rain haa In
terfered considerably with the prac
tice of the teams composing the Inland
Empire league, Baker' City, La Grande,
Pendleton and Walla Walla. Especially
is this true of Baker City and Ia
Grande. The first game between La
Grande and Baker City, Thursday, t
the latter place, waa almost a farce
and yet the tables may be turned lie
fore the series has ended. '
Rumor haa it in La Grande today ttMt
the Baker City aggregation lucked a
?itcher. Be that as It may, Manager
ack O'Brien of La Grande haa gathered
he most likely bunch of class D slug-
f ers that ever graced a diamond ) H
his town. At least eight of them are
going to tiat better than 850.
An example of timely work at tha
plate, Fournler, the La Grande catcher,
got two three-baggers yesterday with
bases full each time. LodHl, Van Hor.it
Beck, O'Brien, Fuohel, Fournler- and
Zimmerman are every one above the
averare in - batting ability and - La
Grande fully expects to win the ' pen
nant although Pendleton walloped them
shamefully In tha practice series.
The players, besides Manager O'Brien,
Who cuts weeds in the right garden,
are: Catcher,' Fournler; pitcher, Kit tea
man and Fuchel: first base, LodelL seo
ond base, Van Horst; third base. Child"
era; left field, Kooser; center field, Zim
merman; shortstop, Beck.
Bast Portland, 10; Larch, East Port
l.-J A. ".IT . T, .1 Jt
Kennedy, mast rortiana, ; Antoine, v
West Portland. 6; Troeh. Vancouver, 6;;
Porterfield. Salem,' 4: H11L Oregon City,
4; McConnell, Vancouver, " 4 ; Brown; St
Huddleston, Woodburn, - - 4: , Jermain,
ser, Kruger. Kelt" " Moore. Gardner,
Burke. Johnson. Houston. Schmeer. New- .
ell, Nace and Orlet each have three. -
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